| Ancient Balkan region | 21 |
| Ancient land east of Macedonia | 30 |
| Old Balkan region | 17 |
| Homeland of Orpheus | 19 |
| Ancient Balkan Peninsula region | 31 |
| Ancient Balkan nation | 21 |
| Ancient area now covered by parts of Bulgaria and Turkey | 56 |
| Ancient area in modern Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey | 50 |
| Allies of the Trojans in the "Iliad" | 46 |
| Series of online posts | 22 |
| Mrs. ___, Dr. Johnson's friend | 34 |
| Enslaved person | 15 |
| Someone held in bondage | 23 |
| Slavery | 7 |
| Person held in bondage | 22 |
| Person enslaved by another | 26 |
| One held in bondage | 19 |
| In __ to (deeply engrossed in) | 30 |
| Bondage or slavery | 18 |
| Bondages | 8 |
| Utterly defeat | 14 |
| Give a pounding | 15 |
| Beat the seeds out of grain | 27 |
| Move about wildly | 17 |
| Take out one's aggressions in an alley? | 43 |
| Drubbed | 7 |
| Loser in a rout | 15 |
| Atlanta hockey pro | 18 |
| Atlanta hockey player | 21 |
| Monthly skateboarding magazine | 30 |
| Mockingbirds' cousins | 25 |
| Chat about being whipped back and forth? | 40 |
| Units of 24 sheaves | 19 |
| Agony, in Scotland | 18 |
| Crooked, in Caithness | 21 |
| Twists, in Scotland | 19 |
| Newsgroup topic | 15 |
| Needle's partner | 20 |
| Needle partner | 14 |
| Needle insert | 13 |
| Bookbinder's material | 25 |
| What Atropos cuts | 17 |
| Weave through a crowd | 21 |
| This gets poked in the eye | 26 |
| Tailor's buy | 16 |
| Stuff on a spool | 16 |
| Spool contents | 14 |
| Spiraling part | 14 |
| Sewing item | 11 |
| Seamstress' need | 20 |
| Screw's ridge | 17 |
| Part of some discussions | 24 |
| Nut feature | 11 |
| Material for a sewer | 20 |
| Machine screw feature | 21 |
| Lisle, for one | 14 |
| Lisle, e.g. | 11 |
| It may get stuck in an eye | 26 |
| IAMA post | 9 |
| Group of online posts | 21 |
| Darner's need | 17 |
| Continuous element | 18 |
| '93 album "Common ___: The Songs of the Eagles" | 61 |
| Ragged, as a garment | 20 |
| Worn out, as a garment | 22 |
| Like the Cratchits' clothes | 31 |
| It's in the hundreds for most sheets | 40 |
| Like some machinery nuts | 24 |
| Interwoven, in a way | 20 |
| Sewing kit device | 17 |
| Getting something in the eye? | 29 |
| Something darn useful? | 22 |
| Stuffed animal feature? | 23 |
| Anticounterfeit device on currency | 34 |
| Fabrics manufacturer? | 21 |
| [Chocula, Basie, Dooku] | 23 |
| Clothes, slangily | 17 |
| Clothing, slangily | 18 |
| Spool fillers | 13 |
| They're found in nuts | 25 |
| Tenuous supports | 16 |
| Screw parts | 11 |
| Needle-women's needs | 24 |
| Clothing, so to speak | 21 |
| Clews | 5 |
| Successfully navigate a narrow passage | 38 |
| Some do this with one eye open | 30 |
| Maneuver through a tight opening | 32 |
| Prepare to sew | 14 |
| Navigate a tricky situation | 27 |
| Get through a narrow passage | 28 |
| Challenge for a coffee drinker? | 31 |
| Barely squeeze through | 22 |
| Swimming pool with a sewing kit dumped in it? | 45 |
| Filamentous | 11 |
| Lacking fullness, as the voice | 30 |
| Lacking fullness, as a voice | 28 |
| Barely detectable, as a pulse | 29 |
| Impending danger | 16 |
| Words from a blackmailer | 24 |